Wielding a krakk staff retrofitted with a kinestatic electricity collector on the blade end, the original Shocktroopers were a hastily-formed skirmishing unit organized in response to the electromage mutation. The shocktrooper’s krakk staff discharges a single lethal blast of energy on contact, after which it is still useful as a bladed weapon until the next charge cycle is complete, and perhaps most importantly is capable of absorbing the large amounts of electricity produced by most electromages. Shocktroopers proved especially useful during the Great Pacification of NorthEq and were deployed with stunning effectiveness in Montana District against the bandit kingdom that called itself the Gauss Gang. To this day, each District maintains its own quick response Shocktrooper unit to deal with electromage marauders.